Michael Fontana wrote: >try this: > >sqlplus > set feedback off veri off > > > > Hi! It is not enough. Feedback turns on/off some additional information on sql success. Echo turns off/on sql statement repetition. However let's assume we have a sql which failed - server returns some message about failure, which is displayed - I do not know, how to avoid it. That is why I name it an "error stream" - by analogy to stderr - of course in sqlplus there could be no such mechanism Best regards Remigiusz -- --------------------------------------- Remigiusz Sokolowski <rems@xxxxxxxx> WP/PTI/DIP/ZAB (+04858) 52 15 770 MySQL v. 4.x Oracle v. 10.x --------------------------------------- -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l